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Pneumococcal Urinary Antigen Testing in US Hospitals: Underutilized and Rarely Acted Upon

BACKGROUND: The IDSA guideline for CAP recommends Pneumococcal urinary antigen testing (UAT) in addition to blood and sputum cultures for patients with severe CAP. In controlled settings, UAT is 50–80% sensitive and >90% specific; however, its utility and performance on a large-scale in real-worl...

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Autores principales: Haessler, Sarah, Schimmel, Jennifer, Yu, Pei-Chun, Rothberg, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631861/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.042